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Panama Travel Advisory

Do not travel to Panama due to COVID-19. Some areas have increased risk due to crime. Read the entire Travel Advisory.

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Romania Travel Advisory

Reconsider travel to Romania due to COVID 19.

Read the Department of State’s COVID-19 page before you plan any international travel.

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Italy Travel Advisory

Reconsider travel to Italy due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution due to terrorism

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Reframing Disarmament Discourse

Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford, Assistant SecretaryBureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

CEND Leadership Group Meeting

Good day, everyone, and thanks for joining us across the

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The New U.S. Policy on UAS Exports Under the MTCR

Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford, Assistant SecretaryBureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

Hudson Institute

As Delivered

Good afternoon, Rebecca.  It’s a pleasure to be back at

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History, Ambition, and Technology: The Chinese Communist Party’s Challenges to U.S. Export Control Policy

Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford, Assistant SecretaryBureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

U.S. House of Representatives China Task Force

As prepared

Good day, Mr. Chairman and 

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Submission to Congress of the Executive Summary of the Report on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments (Compliance Report)

Office of the Spokesperson

The Executive Summary of the 2020 Report on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments,

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Whither Arms Control in Outer Space? Space Threats, Space Hypocrisy, and the Hope of Space Norms

Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford, Assistant SecretaryBureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

Washington, DC

Center for Strategic and International Studies Webinar on “Threats, Challenges and Opportunities

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Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Office of the Spokesperson

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, China, France, Russia and

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Briefing With Senior State Department Official On the New START

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, D.C.

SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL:  Well, thanks for the chance to talk.  After lots of questions from lots of you,

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From Space and in the Air, NASA Tracks California’s Wildfires


Earth-observing instruments on satellites and aircraft are mapping the current fires, providing data products to agencies on the ground that are responding to the emergency.Read More

Terra MISR Used to Visualize Cloud-top Heights From Tropical Storm Laura in 3D


This perspective can help researchers spot features in a hurricane, including those that could indicate whether a hurricane will intensify or weaken.


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Where Are Stars Made? NASA’s Spitzer Spies a Hot Spot


The most massive stars in the universe are born inside cosmic clouds of gas and dust, where they leave behind clues about their lives for Read More

NASA Engineers Checking InSight’s Weather Sensors


An electronics issue is suspected to be preventing the sensors from sharing their data about Mars weather with the spacecraft.


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Brazilian Partnership to Begin Producing NASA-Designed COVID-19 Ventilator


The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency has approved the commercial manufacture of VITAL, a breathing device designed specifically to address the needs of coronavirus patients.


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Follow NASA’s Perseverance Rover in Real Time on Its Way to Mars


A crisply rendered web application can show you where the agency’s Mars 2020 mission is right now as it makes its way to the Red Read More

NASA-led Study Reveals the Causes of Sea Level Rise Since 1900


Scientists have gained new insights into the processes that have driven ocean level variations for over a century, helping us prepare for the rising seas Read More

Study: 2019 Sees Record Loss of Greenland Ice


After a brief period of moderate ice loss, the Greenland ice sheet melted in 2019 at the fastest rate ever measured.


Greenland set a new … Read More

NASA’s ECOSTRESS Monitors California’s Record-Breaking Heat Wave


From cities to deserts, the intense heat gripping California is being closely monitored by an Earth-observing mission aboard the International Space Station.


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Tiny Asteroid Buzzes by Earth – the Closest Flyby on Record


An SUV-size space rock flew past our planet over the weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it departed.


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Citizen Scientists Discover Dozens of New Cosmic Neighbors in NASA Data


Using a NASA-designed software program, members of the public helped identify a cache of brown dwarfs – sometimes called failed stars – lurking in our Read More

NASA Establishes Board to Initially Review Mars Sample Return Plans


The board will assist with analysis of current plans and goals for one of the most difficult missions humanity has ever undertaken.


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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Recharges Its Batteries in Flight


Headed to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover, the pioneering helicopter is powered up for the first time in interplanetary space as part of Read More

Celebrate Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Views From Above


Marking its 15th anniversary since launch, one of the oldest spacecraft at the Red Planet has provided glimpses of dust devils, avalanches, and more.


Since … Read More

NASA Maps Beirut Blast Damage


Scientists are using satellite data to map ground surface changes in the aftermath of the recent explosion.


NASA’s Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team, … Read More

Mystery Solved: Bright Areas on Ceres Come From Salty Water Below


Data from NASA’s recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active?Read More

‘Shallow Lightning’ and ‘Mushballs’ Reveal Ammonia to NASA’s Juno Scientists


The spacecraft may have found where the colorless gas has been hiding on the solar system’s biggest planetary inhabitant.


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NASA’s ECOSTRESS Monitors California’s Apple Fire From Space

NASA’s Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) captured a birds-eye view of the vast Apple fire raging in Southern California.

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8 Martian Postcards to Celebrate Curiosity’s Landing Anniversary


The NASA rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance.


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NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet


The agency’s Mars 2020 mission is on its way. It will land at Jezero Crater in about seven months, on Feb. 18, 2021.


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